Cable lasher



June 18, 1946.

v. M MACY- C(LBLE LASHER Filed Oct. 29, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVEA/TDR0K a QUEWLD June 18, 1946.

v. M. MACY CABLE LASHER Filed Oct. 29. 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 W M QM4770,? NEY Patented June 18, 1946 CABLE LASHER Victor M. Macy, UnitedStates Army, Fort Monmouth, N. J.

Application October 29, 1943, Serial No. 508,098

(Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, as amended April 30, 1928; 3700. G. 757) 4 Claims.

The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or forthe Government for governmental purposes, without the payment to me ofany royalty thereon.

This invention relates to aerial cable construction, and moreparticularly to improvements in cable lashers used in such construction.

In certain localities where high winds prevail accompanied by very lowtemperatures it is not feasible to use cable rings in aerial cableconstruction because of the damage to the lead sheath of the cablecaused by the rolling movements of the cable during high winds.Heretofore, the alternate method of lashing has been found too slow whenaccomplished manually using wire or marline; and the result has not beensatisfactory. Commercial types of cable lashers available areobjectionable in such localities as they embody gears and closeclearances and other working parts which are affected by sand, rain,sleet and snow, rendering them inoperable due to insufficient traction.Such lashers are expensive to manufacture and require a special annealedwire.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide a cable lasherof simple structure and reliable in operation in cold climates underpractically all conditions.

A further object is the provision of a cable lasher having no partswhich are affected by sand, rain, sleet or snow, thus insuringsufficient traction at all times.

A further object is the provision of a cable lasher of such simplestructure that it can be readily operated and repaired by inexperiencedpersons in the field.

A further object is the provision of a cable lasher which requires nospecial annealed wire for proper operation, and which is inexpensive tomanufacture.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showin the manner in which the device isused.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevational view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the device.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the device is shown to comprise a cable guardtube I, an inner housing tube 2 and an outer housing tube 3. The tube Iis provided with a fish-tail guard 4 for guiding cable. Supported by thetube 2 are a pair of spaced braces 5 which support a pin 6 havingrotatably mounted thereon a pulley I, over which passes cable being fedinto tube I. A guard 8 supported by braces 5 maintains the cable inproper position.

Also supported by tube 2 is a bracket 9, attached to which are a pair ofbraces I 0, and a pair of braces II, which support pin I 2 upon which isrotatably mounted a pulley I3 riding upon the messenger rope 3i.EXtending from the lower end of bracket 9 are a pair of spaced legs I4,which support a pair of pins I5, the extremities of which are providedwith flanges I6 to prevent the looped ends of traction cables 32 fromfalling off. The lower ends of the legs I4 have right angularly directedportions I! through which pass rivets I8, which pivotally hold pulleysI9 and 20 on the portions I I.

Fixed to the outer housing 3 and rotatable therewith is a pulley 2I overwhich passes a, rope 22, one portion of the rope passing over pulley I 9down to a person who plays out the rope, and the other portion passingover pulley 2D and fastened to a pole or other object.

A pair of semi-cylindrical collars 23 are clamped bout the housing 3tightly to rotate therewith. Fixed to the collars 23 are pins 24 whichrotatably support spools 26 and 21, the spools being provided withflange 25.

Attached to tube 3 are spaced braces 28, connected by an arcuate crossmember 29, each brace 28 carrying a plurality of rollers 30 over whichpass wires or marlines 33 and 34 fed respectively from the spools 21 and25.

In operation, the rope 3| and cable 35 are passed through the tubes I, 2and 3 and secured to a pole or the like. The apparatus will then bearranged as shown in Fig. 1, with the wires 33 and 34 winding about therope and cable to hold them tightly together. Since one end of rope 22is fastened to a pole or the like and the other end is held taut andplayed out by an attendant, as the lashing device is moved along therope, the pulley I3 resting on the rope, the pulley 2| will be rotatedby the rope 22; and since the pulley 2| is fixed to the outer housingtube 3, the spools 25 and 26 will also be rotated about the rope andcable, thus the wires or marlines 33 and 34 will automatically be woundabout the rope and cable. The lasher can be pulled along by means of atruck attached to cable 36, the cable 35 being played out from a traileror the like.

Should the rope 3| be already secured to the poles, the lasher can bemounted in position by disassembling pulley 1 and its supportingstructure. The rope 3| and cable 35 would then be passed through a slot38 in pulley 2| and through slots in tubes I, 2, 3, which slots arebrought into register for that purpose. After rope 3| has pulley l3resting thereon, the pulley structure, 6, l, 8, is reassembled with thecable 35 resting on pulley I.

From the above description it will be seen that there has been provideda simple device for lashing cable to a supporting rope. The device canbe readily and conveniently manufactured, and is easy to operate, beingespecially adapted for use in cold climates where high winds prevail.

I claim:

1. In a cable lashing device, a tubular inner cable guard, anintermediate tubular housing, an outer housing tube rotatably mounted onsaid intermediate housing, a cable guide means extending from said innercable guard, a rope guide pulley and a cable guide pulley supported bysaid intermediate tubular housing, a plurality of spools of wirerotatably mounted on said outer housing, a pulley surrounding andsecured to said outer housing, and means to rotate said last mentionedpulley from a remote position to thereby rotate said outer housing.

2. In a cable lashing device, comprising a longitudinally slottedtubular inner cable guard, a longitudinally slotted intermediate tubularhousing, a slotted outer housing tube rotatably mounted on saidintermediate tube, means for aligning said slots to permit the entrytherethrough of a cable, a plurality of spools of wire rotatably mountedon said outer housing, a pulley surrounding and secured to said outerhousing, and means to rotate said pulley and thereby rotate said outerhousing.

3. In a cable lashing device, a slotted cable guard tube having a fishtail guide, a slotted inner housing surrounding said tube, a slottedouter housing rotatably mounted on said inner housing, a pulley carriedby the inner housing for supporting the device on a rope, a cable guidepulley carried bythe inner housing, a pair of spools of lashing materialrotatably mounted on the outer housing, a pulley supported and securedto the outer housing and means to rotate said last mentioned pulley froma remote position to thereby rotate said outer housing.

4. In a cable stringing and lashing device, an inner cable guard, anintermediate tubular housing, an outer housing tube rotatably mounted onsaid intermediate housing, a fish tail cable guideextending from saidinner cable guard, a rope guide pulley and a cable guide pulleysupported by said intermediate tubular housing, a plurality of spools ofwire rotatably mounted diametrically opposite on the said outer housing,means for permitting a cable and a messenger rope to be passed radiallythrough said device, a pulley surrounded and secured to said outerhousing, and means to rotate said last mentioned pulley from a remoteposition.

VICTOR M. MACY.

